Taos Pueblo Micaceous Cooking Pot [SOLD]
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- Category: Historic
- Origin: Taos Pueblo, Tuah-Tah
- Medium: clay
- Size: 8-5/8” tall x 9” diameter
- Item # C3539B SOLD
This is a very typical Taos Pueblo cooking pot, constructed of local micaceous clay and devoid of decoration. It has been smudged black from use. The collar-style neck is very typical of older Taos cooking pots and is still seen in contemporary versions today.
This micaceous pottery originated in the mid-1500s and is still being made in the same manner today at both Taos and Picuris Pueblos. The micaceous clay is so rich in mica that a tempering agent is not required.
Condition: very good condition for a utilitarian vessel
Provenance: from the collection of a Santa Fe resident
Recommended Reading: Pottery of the Pueblos of New Mexico 1700-1940 by Jonathan Batkin
- Category: Historic
- Origin: Taos Pueblo, Tuah-Tah
- Medium: clay
- Size: 8-5/8” tall x 9” diameter
- Item # C3539B SOLD
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